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<blockquote data-quote="chadh2o" data-source="post: 3538105" data-attributes="member: 40131"><p>Administrative state gone too far.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>NCLA Appeals Bump Stock Ban Ruling that Allowed ATF to Get Away with Rewriting Criminal Law</strong></span></p><p>Mar 8, 2021 | <a href="https://nclalegal.org/category/press-releases/" target="_blank">Press Releases</a></p><p><a href="https://nclalegal.org/2021/03/ncla-appeals-bump-stock-ban-ruling-that-allowed-atf-to-get-away-with-rewriting-criminal-law/" target="_blank">https://nclalegal.org/2021/03/ncla-appeals-bump-stock-ban-ruling-that-allowed-atf-to-get-away-with-rewriting-criminal-law/</a></p><p>Washington, DC (March 8, 2021) — Congress has not prohibited bump stocks, and it is thus unlawful for a prosecutorial entity like the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to rewrite the law in Congress’ place. That’s the basic argument the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group, makes in its <a href="https://nclalegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Filed-Appellants-Opening-Brief-Cargill-v.-Wilkinson-et-al.-No.-20-51016-1.pdf" target="_blank">opening brief</a> filed today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in <em>Cargill v. Wilkinson, et al.</em></p><p></p><p>The case of NCLA’s client, Michael Cargill of Austin, TX, was the first challenge to ATF’s bump stock ban to go to trial, last September. Instead of shutting down an administrative shortcut and restoring constitutional lawmaking principles, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas turned a blind eye to numerous legal discrepancies caused by ATF’s unauthorized revision of a federal statute.</p><p></p><p>ATF does not have the power to issue binding legislative rules like the Final Rule targeting bump stocks. Yet, in December 2019, under direction from the Attorney General and U.S. Department of Justice, ATF’s Final Rule altered the statutory definition of a “machinegun” to include bump stocks. It turned an estimated 520,000 bump stock owners into felons overnight and ordered law-abiding Americans to destroy or surrender their devices to ATF or face 10 years in prison. Even though the Rule’s promulgation involved determining the scope of criminal liability, which is solely Congress’ responsibility, the district court concluded that bump stocks have always been prohibited by the statute—echoing ATF’s distorted claim that its rule is “interpretive” not “legislative” in nature.</p><p></p><p>... more at link above.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chadh2o, post: 3538105, member: 40131"] Administrative state gone too far. [SIZE=6][B]NCLA Appeals Bump Stock Ban Ruling that Allowed ATF to Get Away with Rewriting Criminal Law[/B][/SIZE] Mar 8, 2021 | [URL='https://nclalegal.org/category/press-releases/']Press Releases[/URL] [URL]https://nclalegal.org/2021/03/ncla-appeals-bump-stock-ban-ruling-that-allowed-atf-to-get-away-with-rewriting-criminal-law/[/URL] Washington, DC (March 8, 2021) — Congress has not prohibited bump stocks, and it is thus unlawful for a prosecutorial entity like the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to rewrite the law in Congress’ place. That’s the basic argument the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group, makes in its [URL='https://nclalegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Filed-Appellants-Opening-Brief-Cargill-v.-Wilkinson-et-al.-No.-20-51016-1.pdf']opening brief[/URL] filed today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in [I]Cargill v. Wilkinson, et al.[/I] The case of NCLA’s client, Michael Cargill of Austin, TX, was the first challenge to ATF’s bump stock ban to go to trial, last September. Instead of shutting down an administrative shortcut and restoring constitutional lawmaking principles, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas turned a blind eye to numerous legal discrepancies caused by ATF’s unauthorized revision of a federal statute. ATF does not have the power to issue binding legislative rules like the Final Rule targeting bump stocks. Yet, in December 2019, under direction from the Attorney General and U.S. Department of Justice, ATF’s Final Rule altered the statutory definition of a “machinegun” to include bump stocks. It turned an estimated 520,000 bump stock owners into felons overnight and ordered law-abiding Americans to destroy or surrender their devices to ATF or face 10 years in prison. Even though the Rule’s promulgation involved determining the scope of criminal liability, which is solely Congress’ responsibility, the district court concluded that bump stocks have always been prohibited by the statute—echoing ATF’s distorted claim that its rule is “interpretive” not “legislative” in nature. ... more at link above. [/QUOTE]
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